Informes

The Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to spread in the east of the country with a high risk of a spill-over into the neighbouring countries. The European Union is stepping…

Brussels, 21 August 2019 The Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to spread in the east of the country with a high risk of a spill-over into the neighbouring countries. The European…

Strong Partnerships to Prevent Epidemics in Nigeria The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has a strong network of partners that support the agency in the delivery of its mandate to protect the health of Nigerians. Since…

Building a Strong Workforce for Health Security: Nigeria’s Zonal RRT Strategy An important indicator in the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of International Health Regulations (IHR) is the availability of human resource to effectively implement IHR. In addition,…

ROME-LONDON – Humanitarian agencies are setting up innovative climate risk insurance policies to protect up to 1.3 million people in West Africa from catastrophic drought. The countries benefitting include Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and the…

This brief summarises key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. It is the third in…

Kigali, August 1 2019 --- The Ministry of Health confirms that Rwanda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo is open, following traffic slow-down this morning as measures were put in place to reinforce screening procedures…

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are from their common border standpoint only 930 km apart. When a first Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak was declared on 1st August 2018 in the North Kivu…

Our news roundup features schools occupied by gunmen in Cameroon, millions of schoolbags delivered and getting students prepared for disasters. Gunmen occupy 50 schools in Cameroon More than 50 schools in Cameroon are being occupied by armed separatists…

SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster From July 2017, torrential rains started in the northern regions of Togo, raising the water levels of the rivers in the south of the country (which collects all the water) particularly the…